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2016 Hajj: Saudi Arabia disqualifies 3 Nigerian airlines

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Wednesday said that the three carriers disqualified from transporting Nigerian pilgrims for…

Salesman bolts with employer’s N139, 500

A 31-year-old sales representative, Eric Ikechukwu, who allegedly stole his employer’s N139,500, is being tried at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’…

15 soldiers killed in suicide attack

A suicide attack on Wednesday targeting Libyan Army troops in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed at least 15…
Court orders CBN to release N82bn to Akwa Ibom communities

CBN’s loan scheme to benefit 75,000 wheat farmers

The Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN) in Kano State on Wednesday commenced the registration of its members interested in…

Indonesia-bound flight evacuated after hearing “bomb”

People on board an AirAsia flight bound for Indonesia on Wednesday were ordered to disembark the plane after a passenger…

62-year-old gives birth in Australia

A 62-year-old Australian has become the country’s oldest woman to give birth, local media reported on Wednesday. The unnamed Tasmanian…

Lagos charges traditional rulers to fight cultism, hoodlums

The Lagos State Government has charged traditional rulers in the state to fight the menace of cultism and hoodlums in…

Model calls Messi a super flop in bed

Undoubtedly, Lionel Messi is the best footballer on the planet but he has astonishingly been alleged to be rubbish in…

There is hunger in the land, Father Mbaka tells Buhari

Popular Catholic priest and Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu State, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka has decried the suffering…

Seizure of Fayose’s assets ok- Court

According to Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja held yesterday, the temporary order of attachment granted in…

Mikel Obi causes confusion with new name

In attempting to clarify his actual name, the Chelsea veteran has just made everyone very, very confused. According to UK…

OPC ready to fight militants in Ogun

About 5,000 members of the Reformed Oodua People’s Congress stormed the Imushin community, Ogijo area of Ogun State, to confront…

Padded Budget, Padded Change by Okey Ndibe

By Okey Ndibe I have often argued that the Nigerian state is, at bottom, a criminal enterprise, organized to serve…

Buhari appoints new Permanent Secretary, redeploys 8 others

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the appointment of Ambassador Olusola Enikanolaiye as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil…

Pictures: Buhari meets President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic who came on an official visit to the…

Beware of unregistered money transfer operators – CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has advised Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora to beware of the activities…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

Sheriff overrules suspension of party members in Abia

The Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday overturned the suspension of party members in Abia. This…

Budget Padding: APC summons Dogara, Jubrin

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a panel to broker peace between feuding legislators in the ongoing budget…

Recession: Buhari’s economic team meets financial experts

The Economic Management Team met with top economists and financial experts in Abuja on Tuesday in continuation of its consultations…

Kidnappers of 2 nurses demand N17m ‎ransom

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎Abductors of two nurses at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), have demanded the payment of N17…

Doctors forget towel inside patient after surgery

For allegedly forgetting a towel inside a patient after surgical operation, two doctors working with a private hospital in Lagos…

Abudu community declares support for Obaseki

The people of Abudu in Orhiomwon Local Government Area have declared their total support for the candidacy of Mr. Godwin…

How Kogi govt. allegedly mismanaged N30 billion bailout fund

An Abuja-based Civil Society Organisation, Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA), has called on the relevant anti-corruption agencies in the country,…
Ali Modu Sheriff

PDP NWC overrules suspension of Abia party stalwarts

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has overruled the suspension of three stalwart of the…

Police parade Abuja notorious fraudsters

The police on Tuesday paraded a three-man gang of notorious fraudsters specializing in defrauding highly placed personalities in Abuja through…
Obama reacts as President Trump freezes $2.3b funding for Harvard University

Trump ‘unfit’ for presidency-Obama

President Barack Obama offered one of his sharpest denunciations of Donald Trump to date Tuesday, declaring the Republican nominee entirely…
Julius Berger advises staff to keep off public places in line with advisory by some embassies on possible terror attack in FCT.

Julius Berger completes milling of 3km on ‘long bridge’

The Federal Ministry of Works said on Tuesday that three kilometres of asphalt had been removed from the ‘Long Bridge’…

Buhari nominates Chairman, Commissioners for NCC

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm nominees into positions of Chairman, Executive Commissioner, and Non-Executive Commissioners of…
NDLEA arrests 20 drug traffickers in Edo

NDLEA nabs man, seizes hard drug worth N1.78bn

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Anambra says it has arrested a 31-year-old man, Vincent Chidiebere, for allegedly…

Katsina distributes 720 goats to women

The Katsina State Government has distributed 720 high breed of goats worth N104 million for distribution to women under its…